Former West Virginia star makes heartwarming pledge to Morgantown hospital

Trey Lathan may now be a rival of the West Virginia Mountaineers, but he doesn't seem to have forgotten his connection to Morgantown.

Lathan played for the Mountaineers during the Neal Brown era from 2022-2024, where he was a starter for the program. He transferred following Brown's firing, and ended up at Kansas last season – where he had quite the impressive season, includinga strong outingin a win against his former team.

Now, ahead of his final season, Lathan ispledging to donate $50 eachto two separate children's hospitals for each tackle he makes this season. One of those hospitals in the Miami Children's Hospital, which is on the city where Lathan grew up. The other one, however, will be WVU Children's Hospital in Morgantown.

Trey Lathan to donate money to WVU Children's Hospital

It goes without saying that this is probably one of the coolest and best uses of a player's personal money we've seen in the NIL era. And even more heartwarming is the fact that Lathan is supporting his home city's children's hospital, and one affiliated with a university he doesn't play at anymore. It shows that the connections Lathan holds to his past are important to him, including his ties to Morgantown.

And if Lathan's past performances are any indication, he could end up sending a lot of money to each of the aforementioned hospitals. He had 86 tackles last season for the Jayhawks, and 79 tackles during his final season with the Mountaineers.

And while West Virginia fans will certainly be pulling for the Mountaineerswhen they play Kansas in Morgantownthis season, they will also now be pulling for Lathan to have a big game against his former team – and in every other game the Jayhawks play.

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